Susanne Conrad
Susanne Conrad is a communication advisor who has worked with companies and individuals for over 25 years, helping them improve their interpersonal and business skills to achieve happier personal and professional lives. She is dynamically involved with the renowned leadership development program at lululemon athletica and currently holds the affectionate title of “Director of Possibility.” In this role, Susanne coaches a multi-year personal development program for executives and managers within the company, helping them become strong communicators and powerful leaders.
Susanne is also the founder of igolu.com. igolu (pronounced I-Goal-You) is a body of innovative communication, vision, goal-setting and leadership training work that Susanne certifies others to lead and teach.
Susanne’s educational background focused on Communications and Visual Arts, which led her to the understanding that people need a vision in order to fully realize and manifest their dreams. Her early career focused on environmental analysis and communications, serving six years in governmental consulting roles in Washington D.C. as well as on-site decommissioning of the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons facility outside of Boulder, Colorado. Her communication experience continued with consulting projects for the City of Boulder, where she worked on a variety of health, safety and communication issues. Throughout her professional experience, Susanne recognized that the solution to most technical issues the world was facing could be solved with better communication skills- between regulatory agencies, governments, community members, and those performing the actual work. At this stage, Susanne began exclusively focusing on helping solve the bigger problems in world by being a better communicator and teaching those skills to others. In addition to starting her own consulting firm, The Conrad Group, Susanne worked for boutique communication firms that provided strategic consulting for companies such as Sun Microsystems, the Hilton Corporation, and Hewlett Packard.
While her career was in full motion, Susanne also earned an instructor black belt in NIA, and is the founder of NIA Santa Monica. NIA is a fitness technique that combines elements of yoga, martial arts, and dance. Susanne especially loves leading NIA retreats and sacred adventures and being with her family. She recently co-lead an IMAGINE ETHIOPIA global stewardship adventure with imagine1day.
Susanne is happily married to Brett Conrad, who runs Longboard Capital, a clean technology investment firm that invests in global wind, solar, and pollution control companies. She is the mother of four children, Surya (29), Chandra (26), Hunter (18), and C.J. (15). She and her family live in Santa Monica, CA with their dog, Roxy.